when someone’s ready to share a final work, they can put it in its own post

That’s a great idea.

Absolutely. At the very least there should be information in the sidebar about opsec and scrubbing exit data from images.

Yeah don’t get me wrong, I like the idea of more engagement in this comm. Anything to get me off my ass and post some my own stuff. I personally like seeing community members’ work mixed with professional pieces. I like that vibe.

I think the problem is formalizing community member submissions into a weekly or mega thread would actually take away from the community. However, dedicating threads to WIP seems like a good idea. The parenting comm has a weekly thread about just sharing what’s going on with community members’ families. It’s nice reading updates each week and seeing familiar/new users.

But I’m not sure how to feel about making a thread solely dedicated to community member pieces. I wouldn’t want community members to feel like their artwork isn’t “good enough” for the main feed. Does that make sense?

And at the same time, I understand some people might not wish their artwork to reach the main feed. Maybe something like a weekly WIP thread might be good.

Not sure how old your kiddo is, but you might find The Wonder Weeks a useful resource. It is a little pop science-y, but their week tracker does align with well-researched developmental milestones. What’s nice is having an explanation for changes in sleep and behavior as your child enters and approaches developmental leaps. I found it helpful.

Fine. I’ll play the gay commie game with the chain smoker (I have no idea what the game is about but that seems right).

Imma need to an explanation of what I’m looking at

Idk but I’d just hope to fall within the borders of the People’s Revolutionary Republic of Chattanooga.

“If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.”

That sounds fun. It’s been awhile since art history for me but I looked up those two artists. I always think it’s interesting that the Italian renaissance happened so much sooner than anywhere else in Europe. If I could go back to school I think it’d like to take a class focused on the Italian renaissance.

Toddlers really test your improv skills for sure.

I’m sure you’ll do great. What’s it about? A certain movement or artist? If you wanna talk it out, I’m your guy.

He was never human. Educate yourself.

https://youtu.be/K7y2xPucnAo

Brannigan’s Law is like Brannigan’s love.

Was at a park over the weekend with our 4yo and 2yo and my partner. Our 4yo wanted to play on the big slide and our 2yo wanted to play in the tunnel, so we split supervision. My 2yo made a friend with a little girl who seemed to be on the autism spectrum. (Edit: Sorry that sounds a little bit insensitive. What I mean is that, taken as a whole, her behavior, speech, and vocabulary are similar to many students I’ve known who are on the spectrum. I didn’t mean to imply people with autism ‘look’ or ‘act’ a certain way). She was probably 5 or 6 and very sweet to both my kids. My partner and I watched the three of them play a lot. Normally I don’t allow my kids to climb up the slides (years of being a recess monitor at an elementary school will do that to ya), but my 4yo was being so encouraging and kind teaching this girl how to safely walk up the slide that I let them do it. The look of pride on their new friend’s face when she got to the top was priceless. Beaming ear to ear. Lots of clapping and cheers from my kids. Her dad walked up to her and she said, “Dad! I made it to the top!”

He yelled at her for climbing up the slide. She completely deflated. Dad sounded not just upset but angry with his daughter. My 4yo ran away and got me, my 2yo found my partner too. Their new friend was crying and being reprimanded by both her parents. I was about to go over to them with my kids to explain and apologize. My partner and I told our kids it wasn’t her fault and that we didn’t know their rules, so we should apologize. On our way over the parents shot us a nasty look and left, their bawling daughter in tow.

Both my kids have a hard time making friends. They’re just different, they wear their hearts on their sleeves, they’re awkward, they have super vivid imaginations that can be overwhelming for their peers. They’re also followers. So them making a friend independently is a big deal. They were really upset the whole way home, our 4yo especially. They thought it was all their fault they got their friend in trouble. Our 2yo has been asking to go back to the park to find her new friend. I really do hope we see them again so I can explain what happened. I hate that my kids don’t have closure and didn’t get the chance to say bye. I feel terrible too. She looked so happy and proud climbing the slide. I wish I would have said something straight away.

I’ve heard toddlers struggle with understanding negatives. So instead of “Don’t out your hand in the toilet” say something like “We put our hands in the sink” or “Poop how in the potty.”

Our first kid responded ehhh alright to this framing, but our second likes to push boundaries too. Maybe it’ll work you all though.

This is where a high pressure bidet sprayer comes in handy. We did cloth diapers for both kids and will always highly recommend getting a bidet sprayer for at least one toilet. Works great for basically any soiled garnet. I can’t count how many times I’ve used it to spray food and mud and markets off our kids clothes.

Now you’re gettin’ it 😎

I don’t really have any advice, but I wanted to commiserate with you. And to send you that emoji of those two cute yellow cats hugging. But I still don’t know how emojis work. Just image I sent that emoji instead. Oh, and imagine I gave you really good advice or said something that made you feel better and gave you lots of money.

For real though, one of thing only things that has really helped me with social anxiety has been, unfortunately, getting older. The older I get the more other things have mattered to me than being liked by my peers. Still hard though, especially in groups or when I need to get someone’s attention. Sometimes not caring helps. Sometimes it’s isolating.

Cats hugging emoji again.

Lol I kinda love how you change headlines for different instances.